The Shepherds Praise God, Alexander Ivanov · Masters of the Life of Christ

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The sky breaks open into light, and the shepherds throw up their arms. Ivanov packs them into a narrow street, all reaching up at once.

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Other masters in room 6, Good Tidings of Great Joy:

Carl Bloch

The Shepherds and the Angel, 1865–1879

Oil on copper

Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle

One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings

Carl Bloch

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1882

Oil on canvas, 82 × 106 cm

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (NM 1352)

Carl Bloch

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1881

Line etching

SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13136)

James Tissot

The Angel and the Shepherds, 1886–1894

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.25)

James Tissot

The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1886–1894

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.26)

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.